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Who Will Mulder's Replacement Be?
Cliff Martin writes: "zap2it.com has a story mentioning that there are several candidates for Mulder's replacement. Mulder will only be appearing in 11 episodes in season eight." OK, normally I wouldn't mention something like this, but one of the names on their list of folks who've tried out for the part is... Bruce Campbell? I don't envy Carter these days: no matter what he does, the fans are gonna be pissed. Personally I'm happy that there's gonna at least be another season of the show!
(Unfortunately, whatever they were doing behind the scenes, that managed to break the "back to headlines" link badly.)
Thats what I get for rushing the change in...
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It's Mulder 2.0
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I have a TV user manual that has in its Helpful Hints section:
"Do not pour liquids into your television set."
I guess TV fucking would fall into that category.
Glad someone brought up Skinner... The way the finale ended, I thought they were leaving it open so that Skinner can team up with Skully (since now, he's seen things and really believes). That should hold things off until Mulder returns.
How can it NOT be Mr. Campbell!? He is by far the best actor of our era. Evil Dead 1 & 2, Army of Darkness, Brisco County Jr. and so on. A god among men I tell you, a god among men!
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Prior to this story, the most frequently mentioned candidate was Chris Noth, formerly of Law & Order, and recently "Mr. Big" (guess why) on Sex and the City. This Yahoo article incorporates both the new and old rumors.
(In an exclusive interview, Noth replied that he was looking forward to starring in a series without a preposition in its name.)
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And within the ranks of X-files actors themselves, the late Robert Clothier (best known in earlier years as Relic from "The Beachcombers") played two entirely different roles. One was a disgruntled farmer complaining about stuff being injected into beef cows, the other was an old navy hand recalling some relevant history for Scully.
Also, though it was less of a jump, I seem to recall that the actor who played Agent Spender also played the young CSM in the episode where the Smoking Gunmen relate their research into his life. You know, the one where CSM is shown to be a frustrated detective-story writer?
I don't doubt that if Bruce Campbell, eternal mascot of the Brotherhood of Eternal Bachelors that he is, makes it on to the show, they'll convieniently forget the previous appearance as per standard procedure.
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My personal vote is for the Trinity woman. Jeanine Turner (you know, O'connel from Northern Exposure) is out of work too, she could probably do a good job.
The sex appeal would go through the roof. She can't be Mulder she'll have to be her own chracter and have her own thing going but she could be more willing to believe than Scully and have some sort of groovy geek thing going. Maybe she's a computer hacker type.
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I know who mulder's replacement should be...
Natalie Portman!
what? i'm serious! i think she's way more talented.
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Mulder was abducted by aliens at the end of the season finale for season 6. -magic
A Quote from a lady at inside.com on a PBS show: "the thing about the internet is that it's very networked."
Basically, Mulder has been abducted. And Scully is pregnant. :)
/. poll. Chances are they'll be obvious and make it Mulder, but there's always:
The father should be the next
- Skinner (Something about his reaction when Dana told him...)
- CSM (They did have a 'date')
- The Lone Gunman Whose Name Escapes Me At The Moment
- Krichek
- The Vampire Sheriff From A Few Seasons Back
- An Alien (The 2nd most likely choice)
- God (Hey, why not? Dana's Catholic,so it's not like there's no precedent, and she said she didn't know how she got pregnant...)
- and of course CmndrTaco
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He'll be out of a job soon. He already knows a little bit about the FBI.
Bruce Campbell, isn't he the master thief on "Xena, Warrior Princess"? If so, maybe he could get Lucy Lawless to replace Scully. Each episode would end in a large sword fight.
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you need to consider people who already have experience in the TV law enforcement partner role, for example: Barney Fife Bill Gannon (Dragnet) Robin (of Batman and)
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I liked Bruce Campbell in Hercules, I like him in Jack of all Trades, but X-Files is a different show. Bruce Campbell does not take himself too seriously, does not mind being the victim, and does make his female partners look prettier and smarter. He would be good company for Scully, but not as Mulder in X-Files.
Bruce Perens? How about Bruce Dickinson? Get Eddie in there too while we're at it! That would bring a whole new dimension to the series... :-)
The Lone Gunmen are due as a replacement series next fall.
Try watching the season finale before you ask silly questions...
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Basically, Mulder has been abducted. And Scully is pregnant.
I've seen that episode a few times, Homocide was my favorite show for awhile. He's good in it, don't get me wrong, but spagthorpe is right, it I was still expecting a funny line. Part of the reason is, often in Campbell's comedic movies, he puts on a serious face for a few seconds, while saying something really funny. So when he sheds his serious side, you're still waiting for the funny lines or analyzing his actual lines to see if there's some humor behind it.
Dispite this, I still think he's a good candidate to replace Mulder.
Hm, I thought I recalled hearing something about Al knowing Emo through some random event- living near eachother was what came to mind (I know they didn't grow up together, as you mentioned.) Apperantly I just had the crack pipe set to "stun" when I was posting. . .
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we're dealing with the fox network here. doing anything with class is not an option.
LOL i'd start watching x-files on a weekly basis again just to hear that line.
That's easy. All of the above. Plus 8 more. Excuse me, 7, plus an episode to explain this new time-warp effect. Or perhaps that would better fit Star Trek.
Hey, you're on to something, Andre Brauer would make a cool replacement for Mulder. I forget which season it was Campbell appeared on H:LOTS, but I've seen it 2 or 3 times. Ah, almost forgot IMDB is full of this information.. and here you are
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Great points. I hope they use him he's cool as hell.
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Special Agent Dale Cooper would only be fitting, seeing as David Duchovny made an appearance in a few episodes of Twin Peaks. Hmmm...Agent Cooper in drag???
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More importantly it would only take the great Bruce Campbell a matter of minutes to score with Scully. Did Mulder ever get around to it? Replace Mulder with a real man.
Of course they'd have to change the name to the X11R6.4 Files, but it's a minor thing.
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Oh, he most certainly did. Used to be on the TV stand-up comedy shows a lot back in the early 90s, before stand-up shows went back out of style.
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A show featuring The Lone Gunmen (as the geeks are called) - Byers, Langly and Frohike - is already in the works for next season. Yahoo!!! See the IMDB for quick confirmation on this. Its already filming.
All that needs to be done is to bring all the main secondary characters up a notch and they'd cover enough of any story line you'd care to mention.
Maybe Scully could just be partnered with a different person each week, like Murphy Brown's secretary ;)
Did anyone else note the crack at the end of the Zap2it article re: Natalie Portman, grits, and the royal we? /. !!
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That's why they're spinning off a series built around The Lone Rangers.
it's green.
I agree. Bruce Campbell as an FBI Agent would be great... especially if the episode was directed by Sam Raimi.
I don't know... I mean, I don't see how they can do it without turning it into some kind of semi-comic relief. Campbell has a niche, and it will always be a non-serious role. Even when he's been on the X-Files previouosly, it was hard to watch...always expecting him to jump up with a funny line of some kind. I started watching "Jack Of All Trades", and although sometimes pretty amusing, it is overall a very average show. Part of what made the X-Files great was the chemistry of the Mulder and Scully. I don't see it happening with Campbell. I really don't envy Carter having to come up with a replacement.
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Whatever happened to that spinoff they were thinking about that had the computer guys in it? Of course, they'll fill it with all sorts of nonsense crap and us true nerds will be laughing our asses off all the way through the show... It'll be like "Hackers" with lots of "graphical hacking in 3D worlds".
They should just come out with "Tron" the series.
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Nah, Brisco County Jr. was great, except perhaps when it tried to take itself too seriously; the time travel thing was plain stupid.
His small part in Xena/Herc was good for few laughs; I think the problem with Jack of All Trades is that they try to recreate the Xena/Herc character as a main character, which doesn't work at all.
Bruce Cambell in X-Files could work, provided they write him his own character rather than trying to recreate Mulder or Ash. Ash in X-Files would be just too weird.
Natalie Portman is the obvious choice!
They can't replace the character, I mean he is the driving force behind the "search for truth". He openend the X-Files (got kicked of them later, I recon) He can't give up (that woudn't fit to the character) so he must die to be replaced. Besides the X-Files are a pain is his superiors a** and they would not replace him but just close the project down.
Scully woudn't be there without him, she would have probably just be some medical-legist-FBI-agent. I don't think she would continue the X-Files alone.
In summary, replacing Mulder is going to kill the series.
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I've got the perfect person for the role! I'm surprised nobody's thought of this yet...want conspiracies? Try Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church of the SubGenius! Bring up 5000 more absolutely bizarre and impossible conspiracies linked directly with humans having sexual relations with aliens! Praise "Bob"!
I was appalled to hear that people still watch xfilez. quick, what year is it, where am i?
Time does not wait.
There is just no point in continuing this show anymore; both stars have wanted to be done with it.
Suck my mother.
Think about it. Now that will throw people for a loop.
Makes me wonder who they cast for The Fugitive tv series that's filming in Seattle right now - wouldn't a cameo by Scully just throw everyone for a loop?
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the aliens are all good (the goodie two shoes option),
the Aliens are all bad (the paranoia option)?
Or something like out of babylon five where you are careful about what you ask for because the answers surpass all your dreams and nightmares. (surprise option)
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Boy, that would be different.
I just can't picture the guy being serious (I do like him though). On a semi-related mostly OT note - does anyone know the name of the western type show that he played in? It was cheesy and really bad - but I really liked it. I haven't seen it now for 6 or so years, and would love the chance to watch the series again..
Ok now picture this. You have Joey Potter (from Dawsons Creek) as a kid looking into going into the FBI. Then you have Scully like take her under her wing and kinda show her around. Then you can have the rest of the Dawsons Creek cast in there and have cross over episodes and stuff. Then you would get "normal" teenagers to watch X-Files. That an idea.
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Excuse my ignorance but where is that quote from?
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How about teaming Scully up with whiz-kid agent Doogie played by Haley Joel Osmont. He sees dead people.
People should not fear their government. Governments should fear their people.
"but the fans want to see more of the "real" episodes. "
Not quite. For most people that have been watching the show since the begining, the conspiracy eps have been entertaining, and at first they were very well written and provided the means for the show to continue. But the last year or so, those episodes have been boring and very forced. The best episodes have always been the stand alones. The cochroach ep, Sideshow and others like that have better writing and directing and are more true to what made a lot of us fans.
I thought John LeCarre had taken up writing for television.
Didya see Hollywood A.D.?
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Can't you just picture Bruce Campbell's first episode as he walks up to Scully and says "Gimme some sugar, baby!"...
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Personally, I'll be thankful when this stupid show ends... how much more pseudoscience/alien abduction/atlantis crystal-quality junk do we need on TV?
Are you the same type of people who watch programs like "The Mystery of the Shroud of Turin" and "The Lost Continent of Atlantis"?
Oh, wait. That's right. You're all (uneducated) high school students with no knowledge of modern science or scepticism.
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Ok, so Bruce's typical roles definitely involve humour. Besides Army of Darkness and Brisco County, he had a re-occuring role in Xena and Hercules http://us.imdb.com/Name?Campbell,+Bruce+(I) among many many other roles. I can imagine Mulder saying "Hail to the king baby" in X-Files, but I can't imaging Bruce doing it there, he's too ... funny.
>It's all just formula TV like any other series. Except for the greatest TV series ever, Babylon 5.
I think he did an episode once where he was a demon trying to have a human baby instead of a demon baby. He was actually pretty good. I think he'd make a great Mulder.
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Leave her alone, shes a good Kiwi girl. Anyway she would only be interested in men who play sport without copious padding anyway.
Ehhh... how about Rebecca Romijn-Stamos?
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I hope Chris Carter checks out /. Afterall, this is a big part of his fanbase...
And, BTW, this goes out to all of X-Files critics. X-Files has been exceptional this season. Did you see these episodes? They were fabulous: The episode where Mulder finds a genie and wishes for world peace - "Je Souhaite"; The episode where the X-Files are made into a movie starring Gary Shandling - "Hollywood A.D"; Kathy Griffith's episode as a pair of havoc wrecking twins - "Fight Club". I didn't get a chance to see the episode done as an episode of Cops, but, regardless, it was a fairly inventive season.
Mulder? Um, is he the one who drives the car all the time? Remind me - I'm not sure. Quite franky, if I may call you frank, I really couldn't care who replaces Mulder. As long as Scully is there, I'll be watching. :)
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Nuff said.
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You end up with a show that has two distinct sides: "conspiracy" episodes, and the "x-file" episodes. I find the x-file episodes boring, because 1) they don't matter in the long-run, and 2) they are frequently silly/inane (witness that rediclous FPS episode, or the sad, sad, sad end-of-last-season episode involving Scully and Mulder being the subject of a Tea Leoni and Gary Shandling movie). There are a few exceptions (I think this season's baseball-loving alien was one of the show's best ever) but all in all, the conspiracy episodes are the only ones worth watching. Too bad those only air during sweeps, and then only a total of 4 or 5 this year.
Probably about half the x-files fans I know agree with you, and the other half likes the "x-file" episodes better, so it's good that they do both. More viewers that way. Me - I like both kinds, although lately the conspiracy episodes have seemed a bit forced.
-m.
I'd agree that it's going down hill. That's even more of a reason to get Campbell into this thing. If he breathes life into it (got a great fan base) then great! He got a steady paycheck for a while. But if he doesn't and realizes it then I'd only hope that would make it funnier... :)
... reprising his role as the T1000 (disguised as a traveller from a post-apocalyptic future, hmm), in a desperate attempt by the suits at Fox to resurrect the show.
I'm with you on that. Bruce Campbell and A. Whitney Brown were two of the few celebrities out there with homebrew vanity pages worth visiting. I even had links to both on my own page... but now Campbell's site totally sucks.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Yeah, as a 'misunderstood' demon that wanted a non-demon child, but had to keep killing his own little behorned demon-babies.
What a great partner for Mulder!
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This should be obvious to any Twin Peaks Fan:
Kyle MacLachlan.
Come on, think about it.
In Twin Peaks he played an FBI agent who was into aliens and the paranormal, and was deeply weird.
Plus, since David D. was also on the show, they've worked together before.
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Pardon my ignorance, but who is Bruce Campbell? What has he been in? Why is it ironic that he would be chosen?
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As long as we're all talkin' sense in thinking of replacements for Mulder... how about Kermit the Frog? Teach Scully to be a puppeteer and orient the show around oppression of Puppet-Americans? Or Pikachu, powerful but a poor communicator and adept at understanding Japanese, which is more confusing even than an X-Files fan on acid? How about Chewbacca? "Tell him what we do with smokers, Chewy!" -"Nyargh!" How about replacing Mulder with a group of kids in a VW bus who go around with a big anthropomorphic dog, solving mysteries? Or a giant yak? Or to fill the void in Scully's basically empty life, how about a drug addiction? Or Lord Kimbote?
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..just think of all the actual news that doesn't get posted because the front page space is taken up by things like this. Boggles the mind.
last season started out strong, and i think the best episode was the COPS crossover/parody. the other ones bordering on self-parody were also fun, unlike the dream-sequence, ghost-children b.s.
but keep in mind, there's only so much an actor can do, central to the x-files' problem (and of course, the solution) is the writing.
let's keep our finger's crossed and hope next season is better than most of the last one.
...dave
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Just let the thing die already. We're already on the downhill side. Reunite Mulder with his sister and have the aliens take them away or something, let Scully have her baby, and kill off any of the remaining cartel that CKB was part of. Cripes, talk about beating a dead horse...
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Why not put her together with a character we already know? They couldn't use Spender the Younger, but what about teaming her up with The Lone Gunmen or Agent Pendrell?
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Alex Krycek
He is the best character on the show and he needs to step up as the lead. He can either stay a quasi-bad guy (which I think would be great), or become a full on good guy (which would be a more traditional tv show). Since Gillian Anderson also wants to leave, team Krycek with Diana Fowley and you have a great show. I love Bruce Campbell as much as anyone, but I just think he's too goofy to be a lead on X Files.
Plan B: Skinner, Smoking Man, and a monkey ride around in van solving mysteries.
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RMS, Linus Torvalds, Maddog Hall, Alan Cox, Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond should all do guest appearances.
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Now that would've kicked ass.
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I thought the FBI would be happy to get rid of him. Why would they replace him?
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Of course not. Mulder has never been particularly stable. I actually get the impression that people who are serious about this stuff actually don't want a stable version of Mulder. If you want stability, you should try something related like Scully-10.13.
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Since the end of the series pretty strongly implied that Cooper had been taken over, wouldn't that require the *evil* Cooper to show up in the XFiles?
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(Not that that wouldn't be entertaining
In a recent interview he gave I read yesterday (don't ask me where I found it, 'cause I can't remember) he said that he was going to do a television series with a 'pirate' theme (or something) this summer, and I guess that'd run for a couple of seasons before it got old. Anyway, the interview was about a videogame with an Evil Dead theme he did voice-overs for, and I think that although he's pretty darn cool, he wouldn't fit in.
Subject says it all. (Drat, can't do a -nt here.)
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I think you're underrating Bruce. If you saw him on the Homicide:Life on the Streets 2-parter, he was utterly convincing as an cocksure, anger-driven cop. I was grinning when he first came onscreen (expecting "gimme some sugar, baby!"), but not for long!
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I think that Mulder's replacement should be Kyle MacLaughlin in drag.
Hey, it worked for the second season of Twin Peaks!
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Who should replace Mulder?
Also, don't forget that David Duchovny worked with him in that series; he played the transsexual FBI agent Denise (formerly Dennis). :-)
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The logical choice. heh.
I'm not sure how I would feel about Bruce Campbell replacing Moulder. I could see it now. Every time he encounters some bizarre situation the puns start flying.
Mulder can't be replaced! Any other replacement won't be able to live up to him. It was the unsaid relationship between the two of them that gave the show its best lines and moments. And besides, Scully kick's ass on her own. And if there is a replacement, why does it have to be a guy? I think a female partner would be cool. Just think, the two of them could raise her unborn (alien?) child together! (J/K)
Yeah, its funny when Mulder does something amusing, but only cause he never normally does!!!
I thought Bruce did a wicked job on Army of Darkness, and he's done well on all the little cameos and bit parts I've seen him in...
Course, I'd expect them to sneak in at least a few passing AoD references or lines each season...
B To Scully: "Gimme some ammo baby."
Scully: "WHAT!"
B: "Sorry, bad bag of cheetos..."
OR:
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the badge"
Man, I'd like to see Campbell take out an alien or two with his boom-stick.
For what it's worth, during college some friends and I used to run an online magazine. We interviewed Bruce... he's a pretty cool cat. Check it out if you want.
The most innovative casting, IMO, would be to bring the FBI's next-most-wacky Special Agent in...Dale Cooper from "Twin Peaks". Think about it. Kyle MacLachlan has plenty of experience with delivering strange dialog - even backwards. "Twin Peaks" has a devoted group of viewers with experience in keeping track of a convoluted plot lasting a season or more. There is already a lot of overlap between the two audiences.
It makes sense. The agency allowed Cooper near complete autonomy, and he would follow his instincts no matter where they lead, even if they lead into a shadow world. There's nothing in the X-Files world that could phase Cooper.
They used to do all sorts of cross-overs of characters from one show onto another back in the 1960s. Combine the mythos of the two shows.
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This is the the third time there have been rumors of the series ending, why won't it just end? Carter wanted to end it a while ago, they had to entice Duchovny to stay on with more control of his character as well as input into the storylines, the only person who really seems to want to keep doing this is Anderson. Carter probably could've written a nice series ender that left room for more movies, but year after year the series continues to drag on. Don't get me wrong, I love the X-Files, and this last season saw some really cool episodes, since the writers now have creative freedom nearly unprecedented in the tv world, but it has to end some time. I'm sure Carter wants it to end before it degenerates into a mediocre series, and Duchovny obviously wants to do other things, so please Fox just let it go!
On the other hand, Carter's last effort, Harsh Realm, got cancelled after about two shows (which I thought was really too bad as the series had some great potential), so I guess he's glad for the money, even if it goes against his creative beliefs. They probably won't kill X-Files until there is a worthy successor (like the Lone Gunmen show they are rumoring to be shooting a pilot for).
"I live in a world of make-believe, with faeries and leprechauns and tiny little frogs with funny hats."
Perhaps they could work that into the show.
Think about it, the show's dead anyway. At least the "serious" side of it with the never-ending doors-behind-doors conspiracy theory for which there are no longer dual interpretations. It was intriguing four years ago, now it's hackneyed.
So why not completely re-vamp? Make the show more overtly spoofy. Give Bruce the chainsaw arm and let him duke it out with the CSM whose weapons are all smoking-related: flame-thrower lighter, poison gas cigarettes, etc. Turn it into a never-ending manhunt, with the conspiracies, and Scully, as side issues.
I thought they said there is going to be a spin off from the about the Lone Gunmen.
I vote for Craig Charles who plays Lister on 'Red Dwarf'.
Yeah, that's right I'm going to have to go out on Sunday nights. No more quiet night sitting and lusting after Mulder. I'll just have to go find some other guy, maybe it will be you;)
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Bruce has a lot of experiance with the supernatural and wierd, so I feel that he is uniquely qualified for the job. I mean really, can the cigarette smoking man stand up to a guy who travelled back into time with only a big old car, a chainsaw, shotgun, chemistry books and stuff to battle the undead? And made it back? And was on Xena, and was a cowboy? Only Jim Carey would be better IMHO.
I think he spells his "B." with a "G."
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..was much better! Now they've gone and cheesed it up! Grrrr... Used to like that show..
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If they put Bruce Campbell in to replace Mulder... damn. I might have to re-subscribe to cable and start watching X-Files again.
I swore off the series many seasons ago, when it got too excruciatingly boring and monotonous for me to give it any attention.
How to write your own X-files episode:
1. Agents discover paranormal activity
2. Agents enter life-threateaning situation due to said paranormal activity
3. Agents miraculously escape with their lives and nearly prove existence of paranormal activity
4. MiB's show up and erase all record of said paranormal activity ever ocurring.
5. Rinse, repeat. Make sure in the next episode that Agents act like last week's paranormal activity never happened.
Hey, I'd tack on the "flamebait" moderation myself, if I hadn't posted. Darn.
If BC dosen't get the part... He should go for second-best (or better, depending on your point of view) and do an X-Files parody series.
LISTER: What do you believe in, then? Do you believe in God?
RIMMER: God? Certainly not! What a preposterous thought! I believe in aliens, Lister.
LISTER: Oh, right, fine. Something sensible at last.
RIMMER: Aliens, Lister, with technology so far in advance of our own we can't even begin to imagine.
LISTER: Well, that's not difficult. Mankind hasn't even got the technology to create a toupee that doesn't get big laughs.
And if they can't get Agent Arnie Schwartzenegger, they could try for Agent Arnie Rimmer.
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When was he on H:LOTS ?
Do you know which episode/character?
God I miss that show...
Hey...how cool would it be to have Frank Pembleton(a black man, on FOX???) or even Belzer(who already did an 'X' also) replace Mulder!
Talk about a different feel for the show...
"Don't try to confuse the issue with half truths and gorilla dust."
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Agreed, it should be "XFiles" == "dead"
Fox already has a replacement in mind for the XFiles series as a whole. To read a review about the upcoming pilot for the Lone Gunment, check out this page on Corona. http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/TP/homepageFramed.ht ml
Ya wanna know who the ultimate replacement for Mulder is? I'll tell ya... Special Agent Dale Cooper, of Twin Peaks Fame. I've thought this ever since we first started hearing the rumors about David. It just makes so much sense. I dunno if there are a lot of Twin Peaks fans on /., but if you know the character, then you know just how right I am. Completely different from Mulder, but still totally believable. Besides, it's not like Kyle McLaughlin (sp) is sooooooo busy with Sex in the City. He could save the franchise!
but then again, commenting on a katz story is almost as self-serving as the katz story itself. -tensionboy
Remember the last time they replaced Mulder? Albeit it was as an FBI position rather than the actor's place on the show, Alex Krycek quickly became engaged in the conspiracy and has also become one of my favorite characters in the X files. I think that if the final season, or maybe even a spin off, would focus on Krycek and some of his activities. Don't tell me you've watched an episode where that canadian chick goes and gets Krycek out of a Thai jail or whatever, you haven't wondered how he got there. Just a story like that could fill out a mini series.
It's all just formula TV like any other series. I'm not saying that the show sucks - I still watch it on a regular basis - but like any other show, once you've seen enough episodes, you can pretty much know how a new one is going to end half way through.
Don't even know the name of the actor and too lazy to search for it. Certainly would make the show more interesting. The only thing is he'd probably end up killing everybody.
Or maybe Skinner can get busted to field agent and hit the streets with Scully.
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Here ! Here !
Down with X-Files. No just kidding. I really
enjoyed X-files and as much as I am a supporter of Government exposure of conspiracy, most of the episodes (and the movie) are boring. More cockroaches please !
PSI Factor seems to be a good clone of the good episodes.
Bruce would be a great choice. This past season were mainly throw away episodes, so I expect this season will be the same. It does not matter what goes on in the series as long as they finish up with Mulder in the end.
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i'm with you on that one.. and, re: Carter - didn't he stop having anything to do with the X files like 3 years ago?
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Ha! Just to annoy you more, an additional post, but one with more (useless) info:
I'm pretty sure USA or TNT or some similar programming-starved cable channel has been showing this recently - I know I saw it on a few days ago as I was flipping around the dial.
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Yeah I remember that episode. He was completely serious in that episode. This is probably the reason why they won't use him.
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Heck, my nickname on the net is named after David Duchovny's caracter. I should be the one. :-) Beside, people complain that I don't speak loud enough sometimes and they can't understand! I'd make a really good Duchnovy replacement!
Scully: Agent Arnie, give me a hand here. This UFO landing gear is crushing my legs!
Agent Arnie: Ya. Here ya go. Oomph! [grunts]
Scully: Thanks Agent Arnie. Any sign of the baddies?
Agent Arnie: No, they've disappeared once again. [sighs] Like they always do just before they pan into the camera, ya know. [winks at camera]
Scully: Drats! I knew we should've taken a picture or two. The truth is out there!
Agent Arnie: Wait, I haf an idea. BTW, why do ya always say that?
Scully: Say what? What's your idea Agent Arnie?
Agent Arnie: Ya know, that "truth is out there" crap. Anyway, look: these aliens are always looking for da perfect human, right? Well it's me! Why don't they operate on me?! IT'S ME YOU WANT! COME AND GET *ME*!!!
Scully: Hey, calm down. We're not alone here, you know. [Alien ship hovers over Agent Arnie's head and begins to tractor beam him in.]
Agent Arnie: Aaaarrrghhh!!!
Agent Arnie: Aaaaarrrrrggh!
Agent Arnie: Arrrrrrgggggggh!!!
Scully: Agent Arnie stop arrrging like that!
Agent Arnie: I can't help it. I always do that. Throw me those weapons by your feet!
Scully: [mutters] Hey!--where'd all these come from? [Best boy grip is seen scurrying out of the scene.] [Scully throws a sack containing a grenade launcher, 2 large guns and a hunting knife up to Agent Arnie.] You get them Agent Arnie! You teach them good once and for all. The truth is out there!
Agent Arnie: [Catches the satchel of weaponry] Stop saying that!
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CM: You'll never stop me Agent Campbell, it's too late...(discards cigarette and starts walking away)
B: (with intent expression, and only glancing at writing on palm once...) "KLATUU.... BERATA... NICTU!!!"
CM: (turning) What the fsck?
B: Sigh, now that I remember the damn thing, it don't work no more. Oh well, (starts chainsaw...)
Laff, sounds like the Simpson's writers should get in on this one...
When the X-Files moved its production location from beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada to the smoggy, crappy, cultural wasteland known as Los Angeles, the show took a huge dive in popularity. Coincidence? I think not. The X-Files used to be one of the few shows that was different from the others. It had a sense of originality to it. And now, it's just another piece of crap from L.A. Bring more shows to Canada, away from the U.S., and television programming will be better for all. Those are my 3 Canadian cents. (CA$0.03 == US$0.02)
I thought from the way they ended the last season that they were priming Skinner for the role. They gave him belief: "I cannot deny what I saw" or something like that. And they gave him a reason: to find out what happened to Mulder, to whom he feels very responsible ...
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I just can't get past seeing Bruce Campbell with a chain saw for an arm. :)
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Oh puhhhleeeze! Duchovny and Anderson have done their share of both radio *and* TV endorsements. Give me a freakin' break!
Anyone who can deliver the line "this is my boom stick!" and keep a straight face throughout deserves the part. Hail to the king, baby.
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He's still going to be in the show for 11 episodes, guys. I doubt they're going to be giving him any competition. The new character will probably be a woman, maybe someone to leave behind to work on the X-Files when Mulder and Scully retire together and marry (has to happen, or something like it anyway). I'm sure that's Mulder's kid in her right now, anyway.
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Lately I found the x-files boring, i mean... they never discover the whole truth, they never really get anywhere in the "big" conspiracy.. its just... boring! I like the non-conspiracy episodes better personally...
although mulder is funny...
Nah, in Hollywood he's type cast as "bald guy who looks good in a chair".
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I think the best twist would be to replace Mulder with Scully as the "believer". After all she's seen, she has to be convinced sometime. Perhaps the straw that breaks the camels back is Mulder being abducted and Scully goes on a hunt to find him. If this were the case, Scully's replacement could be just about anyone as a new "skeptic".
Besides, anything that shows more of Scully and less of Mulder is a good thing.
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They should just give up on having Mulder or a similar character on the show. They also should change the title of the show to "The Scully Show". Since that's why most slashdot readers watch it.
My votes goes to Lou Diamond Phillips...
that'd be interesting...
Seriously.. don't replace him.. the show has run its course... its time to go...
Dammit! You stole my idea! I was fully intending to post subject:"Bruce Campbell!" before I even read this damn thread, and there you are spoiling my karma whoring. Rat mutant telepathic prescient bastard!
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Hank Azaria is the obvious choice. He's good looking, but not overly dashing, and as the man of a thousand voices (including Apu, Moe and Chief Wiggum), he'd add some spice to a show that is getting a little dry.
FYI, it would not be Bruce Campbell's first time on the X-files.
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IMO, very good episode.
It's obvious. He always wants to be the detective on the holodeck.
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Why bother even replacing Mulder? Anyone who has watched the show from the beginning isn't gonna watch some "other" guy trying to take his place... the whole show is Mulder and Scully... not some new guy and Scully... They should make this the last season... at least they'd go out with some class...
My two cents
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Nah, He's way too skeptical...his entire dialogue for each show would consist of "I can't believe it's not a conspiracy!"
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well, first of all, it's undoubtably true that bruce campbell is the bomb, and we all love him unfortunately, he has already guest-starred in an x-files episode, one in which he played a kind hearted demon looking for a normal child. the x-files, being a show of massive continuity and adherence to detail (guffaw) couldn't POSSIBLY accept brucey. i hope they do, though!
Why would any of you care about Mulder? The three hacker dudes add more, and Scully is hot. This last episode where she put on the gun gear and saved whats-his-name's fanny got me all worked up. When Scully leaves, I stop watchin'.
I don't think I could stomach a series with The Lone Gunmen.
They are fake geeks, spouting off some half-baked lines that sound just real enough to fool the average Joe into thinking they are the real deal.
X-Files' problem is that the show is built around the mystery surrounding the conspiracy. That's the best part of the show, but also it's biggest problem: it is in the studio's best interest to keep the show going (thus, make relatively few relevant episodes to the real story), but the fans want to see more of the "real" episodes.
You end up with a show that has two distinct sides: "conspiracy" episodes, and the "x-file" episodes. I find the x-file episodes boring, because 1) they don't matter in the long-run, and 2) they are frequently silly/inane (witness that rediclous FPS episode, or the sad, sad, sad end-of-last-season episode involving Scully and Mulder being the subject of a Tea Leoni and Gary Shandling movie). There are a few exceptions (I think this season's baseball-loving alien was one of the show's best ever) but all in all, the conspiracy episodes are the only ones worth watching. Too bad those only air during sweeps, and then only a total of 4 or 5 this year.
Expect to see Mulder during each of the major sweeps seasons this year, and the rest of the season to just suck.
It will be sad to see the X Files die this, the most horrible of deaths.
And to think, most people need to be abducted and subjected to experiments to be able to make that claim. I guess I'm just gifted.
Go get the full first season on DVD. Much better, and Sculley still had some meat on her bones.
"A matter of internal security, the age old cry of the oppressor" - Jean Luc Picard
*One* reply is all that is needed to answer his question, yet I see like 7 here, all saying the same thing in less than a line.
I know you get an adrenaline rush when you see a question to which you know the answer, but *please*, just spare us the repetition.
I want frank Black, so the series turn to Milenium,
which is much better.
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The most recent issue of Cinescape has an article that explains that he is abducted (by aliens, we are to assume), is gone for a while, then re-appears a changed man.
I didn't watch the season finale, but, as another poster mentioned, you probably could have written this plot line yourself based on that episode.
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Bruce Campbell has a lot going for him though. His acting style easily matches the eloquence that the X-Files scripts have long been known for.
I never thought I'd be ranting like one of those "My TRS-80 was the best computer ever" types. Oh well.
Wah!
I can't imagine how cool Bruce Campbell would be in the role, but he would be a breath of fresh air. As evidenced by shows like Law and Order, replacing a central character with a new one with a different personality is usually more interesting than trying to replace the character with someone similar.
Bruce Campbell has been on the X-Files before, and has even played a tightly wound detective on Homicide: Life on the Street, and his experience in the 'horror' genre would make him perfect, the only loss being his trademark sense of humour, which is snotty and loud, unlike Mulder who is more restrained.
I should be honest, I'm a huge Campbell fan, and I loved Army of Darkness, but I don't think I'm being biased, Bruce could save the X-Files, and maybe rekindle the sense of wonder it used to have. Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but too many 'dream' and unresolved plotlines doesn't make for satisfying viewing. I think a little "sugar" from Bruce Campbell would be a great thing.
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Let's see... X-Files, and X-Men...
How about Patrick Stewart?
"I've never seen anything like this..." or whatever his quote was, would be good here.
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Or does he go to the loony bin?
Or does he get abducted and dis-appear into the great beyond?
Or what?
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Well, ok.. but only if he's allowed to wield a chainsaw and a shotgun, shout "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!" at least once, and work undercover at S-MART.
John Corbett might make a good replacement for Mulder. I can imagine him working with Scully much more easily than Bruce Campbell. Besides he did a nice job with "The Visitor", another good SciFi series.
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What better candidate could there be for the replacement than Bruce Campbell? it would take the show in a whole new direction. No more "The truth is out there".. It'd be more like "All right you puny green freaks.. Come Get Some!!
If it's not Adam West or David Schwimmer, I just give up. (OK, I'd accept Garry Shandling.)
Kook9 out.
Oh Please let Mulder be Bruce Campbel Exterior: FBI Building
Location text: "19:00 FBI Head Quarters, Quantico"
Interior: Mulders office
Scully: Are all men from the future such loud mouth braggarts as your self?
Mulder: Just me baby.
*grin*
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Was that always there, or did they notice the weight of the
would be great! Scully: Agent Jackson, get these black hat baddies off me! Agent Jackson: (to black hats) what the f**k do you think you are doing, motherf**ker? machine gun fire Scully: You saved me, Agent Jackson! Agent Jackson: It's my duty to save your booty.
Why should they even bother making a replacement? He is going to be in 11 of the 24 episodes (there are usually roughly 24). That's almost half the episodes. He can die mid season or even appear every other episode or something. There are always episodes that form the "plot" and then there are episodes that just go off and have no real bearing on the series. Why don't they just film the 11 plot bearing episodes with Mulder in them and then the remaining 13 without him be stuff about Scully. With all the talk of X-files not even being continued for the 8th season it might as well stop after this one gets over. I am an avid X-files fan but I do hope that they don't let it run on and on until it is a worthless show.
....wait a minute! That's not a Transvestite! THAT WAS MULDER'S SISTER!!!
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The plot line involved two human-demon mutants. Bruce's character, who wanted a "normal" kid, but could only spawn demon children, and his love interest, who wanted a "demon" kid, but could only spawn normal children. One of the more intense episodes, as I recall.
That said, and having recently become re-addicted to The Adventures of Brisco County (TNT saturday mornings, right after The Wild Wild West), I think he'd make a decent replacement for the part of Mulder. Many episodes of Brisco County read like they could be the X-files in a Western setting. Should be interesting to see how it all turns out...
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I think you gave it away with the title:
Mulder's replacement will be none other than that enigmatic Frenchman, Jean-Louis Gassée!
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The greatest thing about the X-Files anymore is that you can tell that they're making it so that it's not going to be missed quite as much when it's gone.
That's not to say I dislike the current episodes of the X-Files; it's just a completely different show. It's turned into one of the most self-parodying, cliche-ridden shows on TV. And it's great. I can't wait to see what kinds of crazy crap can go on next. Most of the real ongoing plot sort of things were resolved or at least partially explained in the past season (to music by Moby, no less).
Just think of it as a roller coaster. Sure, there are the climatic points and falling action for the big hills, but you have to have those quick little up and down hills at the end. Some people hate em, some love em, but they have character.
Does anyone else think that the X Files will do the same thing that Star Trek TNG did: Stop making a TV series and push for more involved/developed/interesting movie(s)? We already have the X Files movie, now all we need is "X Files: The Second Coming" or something. Cancel the TV series and you're done.
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I guess the worse thing that could happen is we could wind up with "X Files: Voyager" that had one great looking character, and was set on another planet. At least it would only be on TV at 1:00AM
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How about a spin-off with that bunch of geeks that appear occasionally? The few times I've caught the show and they were on, I found them much more entertaining than the stars.
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What's wrong with Bruce? He's great!!
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I think Fabio is P E R F E C T for the part!
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At this point in the series's run, the X-files has degenerated into such completely silly nonsense that it really doesn't matter who replaces Duchovny. The show peaked years ago and has been in a slow and sad decline for the past three seasons, and here's why:
(1) What made the show so good earlier in its life was that the tension between Mulder's and Scully's respective theories was very carefully cultivated and maintained, preserving the ambiguity about 'the truth' of what was going on. At the end of the better written episodes, one could often side with either, and not be obviously stupid. This was a good thing, because it implicitly raised questions about e.g., the proper measurement of scientific evidence, how to view 'recalcitrant' data, or data incompatible with an otherwise succussful and coherent body of scientific knowledge, and so forth.
These days however, we know to expect that Mulder's explanations will be correct, and so even Scully now parodies herself. This is not very interesting.
(2) Unfortunately, while we're still in the dark about the true machinations of the grand conspiracy, we do know the following for certain: *Anything and everything that violates the understanding of nature that science provides us with must be true*
So, whereas Mulder and Scully used to find evidence of things that at least could eventually be explained through a consistent expansion of existing scientific theories, e.g., aliens and genetic freaks, now absolutely every idiotic belief that you might encounter is validated: ghosts, psychic powers, the Bermuda Triangle, Satan, witchcraft, voodoo dolls, fucking everything is true.
And the solution is ...
duh! get that talking dinosaur in there, let Scully hold a seance to find out what's really going on, lure the baddies to the Bermuda Triangle and sacrifice them to the devil! We'll have a nice tidy ending and be done with the affair. Oscars to me please...
As you all know, Mulder was abducted in last season's finale. Next season, he will mysteriously reappear, dazed and confused after his ordeal, with no memory of what happened during his abduction. He'll be unable to explain what happened during his absence, eventually unable to continue his duties as an FBI agent, no one believes him or trusts him anymore. He is washed up, washed out, begins boozing it up and everybody he knows suddenly distances themselves from him and he finally ends up getting fired from his job and is simply discarded like another piece of human waste by the system he slaved for all these years.... just like any other poor schmuck government employee. That's all. It sucks, but that's the script they're going with because Duchovny wants to see his Mulder character go down in flames and he wants to convey a political message.
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He has unfortunately been the victim of some really bad writing as he's had to settle for less than wonderful roles in the past. In the Evil Dead series he actually showed quite a dramatic range considering it was a low budget horror flick.
Duchovny has the acting range of a turnip. He is no more animated than a cigar store indian. Watching X Files actually hurts, mostly because of the Mulder character.
I think Bruce Campbell would make for a wonderful contrast against Mulder, and also against Scully as well.
And picture the first time he runs into an alien... "You want some of this?"
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